Intercollegiate Women's Studies of the Claremont Colleges

The 4th International Conference on Adoption and Culture: Mapping Adoption: Histories, Geographies, Literatures, Politics will take place on March 22 - 25, 2012 at The Claremont Colleges. The conference is presented by the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture, and hosted by Intercollegiate Women's Studies of The Claremont Colleges. Please click here for more information.

Faculty News & Notes

Science with a Skew: The Nuclear Power Industry After Chernobyl and Fukushima (Truth-out.org article by Gayle Greene (English, Scripps College)

Upcoming Events …

January 18, 6:30 p.m., Balch Auditorium, Scripps College
Lecture: Jeanne Woodford, Executive Director, Death Penalty Focus and former Warden of San Quentin State Prison ~ Death Penalty: Can We Afford It?
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January 19, 4:15 p.m., Rose Hills Theatre, Smith Campus Center, Pomona College
Lecture: Reva Siegel, Yale University ~ Abortion and the Woman Question
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January 21, 2:00 p.m., Balch Auditorium, Scripps College
Three Weeks in January ~ Performance artwork by Suzanne Lacy in conjunction with Pacific Standard Time. Women of Crossraods Inc. will share their perspectives about the relationship of violence against women to crime and incarceration.

January 24, 4:15 p.m., Room 201 Smith Campus Center, Pomona College
Roe v. Wade “Birthday Party” and discussion with faculty
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February 24, 12:00 p.m., Vita Nova 104, Scripps College
IWS Brown Bag Lunch ~ Judy Harvey Sahak (Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College) and Alex Chappell (Librarian, Art & Art History / Gender and Women’s Studies, Claremont Colleges Library) will present information about valuable library resources, including the Claremont Colleges Libraries digital collection. Bring your lunch—dessert will be provided. The IWS brown bag lunch series highlights research that faculty members at The Claremont Colleges are doing in the area of Gender and Women’s Studies.

Samantha Abril
AAUW National Student Advisory Council Member
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